Patch pipettes are more useful than initially thought: Simultaneous pre- and postsynaptic recording from mammalian CNS synapses in vitro and in vivo

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 453, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-259

  Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calyx of Held; CNS synapses; Patch pipette; Thalamocortical pathway

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PIPETTE; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ION CHANNELS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 33751107171     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0172-4     Document Type: Review

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